Re: [tuxracer-devel] Speed Boosts

[Jasmin P. <jf...@mu...>]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 07:12:43AM -0400, Bill Scherer wrote:
> Jasmin Patry wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 07:18:39PM +0100, Peter Allen wrote:
> > > btw why does there appear to be a layer of water (snow coloured) at
> > > a low level.  Is this intentional? (It makes for interesting skate board
> > > ramps with "water" at the bottom)
> >
> > It's just there to prevent the track from ending in empty space.  It
> > will be replaced by something better eventually.
> 
> Wait... That's one of the best parts of a course I made.  If you don't
> make the last jump, you end up in a pool of water at the bottom and
> can't finish.  You do get to swim around and hunt for herring
> though...

Heh. :)

> Being my first post to list, let me say that a few of my colleagues
> and have enjoyed TuxRacer very much.  I've added  current and max
> speed displays, which are great fun.  I suppose I can come up with a
> patch if anyone's interested.  

We're going to be adding displays very soon.  It's simple enough that I
don't think you need to send a patch (unless you did something very
clever :), though of course it wouldn't hurt to see how you did it.
Please post it to the list if you do decide to send it.

> We also have a great course (mentioned above).  Is there somewhere to
> submit them for review?

You can send it to me at jf...@cg....  Please tar and gzip
before sending. I look forward to playing it!

Thanks,
Jasmin

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Jasmin Patry               Master's Student, Dept. of Computer Science
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